When his father dies, the boy grows up (a moment dramatized brilliantly by Hou in a single jolting cut), and turns into a quietly wild adolescent of the streets.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the case, said in a statement Ms. Hou and Mr. Pan "stuck a knife into the heart" of the city's campaign-finance law as part of a scheme "to corruptly advantage" Mr. Liu's campaign.
Hou, a longtime master of enfolding historical and personal subjects, here yields up platitudes of the minor artistic beau monde in which Song lands.
"I have committed 13 years to my company, " says Hou Yunfu, a 35-year-old engineer whose ceibs tuition is being funded by China National Petroleum Corp.
Two days later, Ms. Hou allegedly offered to reimburse a prospective donor for his contribution to the campaign.
On Thursday, Ms. Lee testified for a second day in Manhattan federal court at the trial of Jia "Jenny" Hou, Mr. Liu's former campaign treasurer, and Xing Wu "Oliver" Pan, a longtime campaign contributor.
Mr. Hou said China is the ideal place to try a system like CHAS because of the commitment the government has made to overhaul health-care systems and because of the sheer volume of patients within each hospital.
Each count against Hou, 26, and Pan, 47, carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence upon conviction.
In February 2012, Mr. Bharara's office charged Jia Hou, campaign treasurer for New York City Comptroller John Liu, a mayoral candidate, with fraud and obstruction of justice.
Court papers show Ms. Lee has received immunity from prosecutors in exchange for her testimony as a witness at next week's trial of former campaign treasurer Jia "Jenny" Hou and fundraiser Xing Wu "Oliver" Pan.
Hou also says that if you look closely at the fourth-quarter revenues, there is a silver lining.
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